School: Cnoc Sceach, An Léim (roll number 10603)
- Location:
- Knockskagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Carrthaigh
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- There are old ruins directly opposite this school and overlooking Ballinlough Lake. Formerly a family lived there. The house was supposed to be built on a very unlucky site and this family was very unlucky in it also. At one end there was a house for cows and there was a door leading from the dwellinghouse directly to the cowshouse. One night the woman of the house thought she heard some unusual noise among the cows. She got up to see what was wrong. She found the cows alright and she returned to bed. As she passed through the kitchen she saw a corpse on the settle. She tired to scream but was too weak to do so. She struggled to her room. Next morning she arose trembling and entered the kitchen but the corpse had disappeared. She lived only a month after that.
- You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- Daniel O' Donoghue
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Maulnagirra, Co. Cork